BURIALS - PARISH OF LOWER HAWKESBURY

 
 
The first burial was performed at this parish on the 25th February 
1831. During the remainder of the decade there were only 50 more burials 
performed although no burials have been located for the year 1838. 
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date
 death date (after 1838)
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 abode
  civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 quality or profession
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
Various miscellaneous remarks in the register have been recorded as 
'end-notes' at the bottom of the list.
 
The burials are listed in chronological order.
 
The Rev.Thomas Sharpe was the first chaplain appointed to this parish 
but he only stayed until 1836. There were just two burials in 1837, 
Mr.Thomas Atkins, presumably the parish clerk, performed one and no 
clergyman was recorded for the other. There were no burials recorded 
in 1838. The Rev. James Edmonston arrived in 1839 and then Rev.Edward 
Gifford Pryce arrived in 1840. 
 
Between 1832 and 1834 Mr.L Dulhuntley, assistant surveyor 'attested' 
at seven burials and Mr.Sorley,JP 'attested' at one.
 
At the beginning of this decade the information to be recorded on the 
official government supplied forms for each burial was; reference number, 
date of burial, Christian name of the deceased, family name of the deceased, 
age, abode, ship of arrival, quality or profession and officiating 
minister. 
 
Regrettably in 1839 the 'Ship of Arrival' column was removed from the 
official forms altogether but it was still occasionally recorded by 
nothing like as often as previously. The year and ship of arrival have 
been heavily researched outside the parish register.
 
The 'Ship of Arrival' column was replaced by a 'Date of Death' column,
making identification much more difficult.
 
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded 
in the 'Ship of Arrival' column.
 
The ages at death ranged from eight days for Matthew Butle to 80 years 
for George Cox. The number of infants who did not live past their fifth 
birthday was low at 5 or 10% of all burials. The ages of two adults were 
not recorded.
 
The identity of the deceased at this parish has been discovered in 44 (or 86% of) 
cases during this decade.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry 
in the original source document. 
 
The reference numbers for this parish run sequentially from 0001 to 0049 
at the end of 1839. They were re-initialized in 1840 to B001 and reached 
B003 by the end of the year. The number 0046 was omitted.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the 
name would be made on List 5 using code "L-H" from which the date of 
burial would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the 
burial would then be located on this list.

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